I was in the middle of the Hill country Texas and Most of the gun stores are empty of most items but I did find a pound of BLC(2)and wondered if anyone uses it in their 7mm? It was the closest to Varget that I could find.

Do you have a favorite load using 139/140 grain bullets and BLC(2) in your 7mm-08?

Hornaday in their 139 grain bullets use 43.5 grains of some type of spherical powder which I got ~2735 this time but two years ago was getting 2840 from their loads and the same rifle. I know that they are using different primers in their loads because of the different colored primers you see now??



I tried to shoot in the 760/H414 and did not get a good group. I was getting inch -inch and half and groups. The stupid me realized that the front screw had come loose and that was not helping the grouping. Interesting was They all shot about the same both 139 and old 150's bullets and the vel was in the 2720 to 2765 range for the most part. I was using Fed primers, Rem brass and loaded 46-47 grains of H414.

I had the opinion of too much fps spread in the loads.

Now to go back and do it again. Opinions.

I did use Locktite to fix the problem of a loose fit with few threads engaged.

Try between 43-44.5 grains for 139 grain bullets.

You can get some great velocity with BLC(2) but you get an awesome fireball eary morning and late evening, bothers some, never bothered me..Ihave found the loads for H414 and 760 are listed very mild in the 7x57 and accuracy and velocity showed up with some very max loading..Why? because the loading books load the 7x57 and 8x57 extremely mild due to the weak actions like the 95 and 96 Mauser and the single shot Remington falling blocks..

I think your loading pretty mild with the 7-08 I would increase my load a half grain at a time and find its true max, and accuracy, if your an experienced hand loader and can recognize the pressure signs..todays books are paranoid due to frivolous law suits..I find a true max then cut back a grain or two to the best accuracy load..

That BLC(2) is a great powder. I used to buy it in bulk in 8 lb. canisters + used it for everything from 223, 22-250,7-08,7X57,308, + too many others to recall.